Pancreatic function tests for diagnosis and staging of chronic pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency of other etiologies: Which tests are necessary and how should they be performed in clinical routine?

Clinical Pancreatology: For Practising Gastroenterologists and Surgeons

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 259-266

  Domínguez Muñoz, J Enrique ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Endoscopic test; Fecal tests; Pancreatic function tests; Secretin cholecystokinin test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889622658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987506.ch31     Document Type: Chapter

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